7 The Basic Life Support (BLS) SimTeam from PAP-RSB Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) paid an edu-cational visit to the “Search & Rescue (SAR)” site of Anduki aviation department, Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) on the 18th of April 2018. Ms Armah bin Ten-gah led the team of representatives from PAPRSB IHS including lecturers: Rozita Hj Tamin, Dk Noraffi-zah Pg Salleh, Asnah Hj Yusop/Yusof, Norashikin Hj Sofian, Hjh Siti Zaliha DP Hj Noordin, and Hj Mohd Zuffry Hj Abd Hamid. The trip provided an opportunity to build and devel-op collaboration between BSP (SAR) and the Diplo-ma in Health Science (Paramedic) programme at PAPRSB IHS and Politeknik Brunei. In addition, the team from PAPRSB IHS also gained a deeper insight on existing SAR services at BSP. BSP collab-orates with various governmental agencies including the police, fire and rescue, ambulance, marine and forestry departments. The visit commenced with a welcome speech by Mr J.R Mitchell, Head of SAR department at BSP. Following this, a briefing on safety and security was delivered before a tour around the SAR site. Highlights of the visit included a tour to the one and only rescue helicopter at SAR, BSP. Educational Trip to Search and Rescue Department at Brunei Shell Petroleum Upcoming training courses at PAPRSB IHS Following the accreditation by American Heart Association (AHA) as one of its international train-ing centres, the PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences is now licensed to provide AHA-certified Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses as well as conduct first-aid and heart-saver training. The BLS, ACLS and PALS courses are exclusive to healthcare professionals, while the first-aid and heart-saver training courses are open to the general public and will be conducted throughout the year. For further information and course booking, please email cprtraining.ihs@ubd.edu.bn. 11th Oct - BLS for health care professionals/public 13th Oct - Basic first aid 24th & 25th Oct - Basic first aid and BLS for public 8th Nov - BLS for health care professionals/public 11th Nov - Basic first aid 22nd Nov - BLS for health care professionals/public 24th Nov - Basic first aid 6th Dec - BLS for health care professionals/public 8th Dec - Basic first aid Upcoming training dates (Oct to Dec 2018):
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